Improvement in apparatus for dispensing- soda-water sirups



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.JOHN MATTHEWS, Je., or New YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 9515,17 6, lated December 2l, 1869.-

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS POR DISPENSING- SODA-WATER SIRUPS.

The Schedule referred to 1n these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J ons' MATTHEWS, Jr., ofthe city,county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Apparatus for Dispensing Sofla-lVaterand Sirups, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspeciiicatiom'and in which- Figure l represents a sectional elevation ofanapparatus, iu part, for dispensing soda-water and sirups, having myinvention applied to it, and

Figure 2, a sectional plan taken as denoted by the line xx in iig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts..

My invention consists in a novel arrangement, within the box or casewhich contains the soda-water cooler, and so that they lie below saidcooler, of the sirup-causer vessels of the apparatus; also, a certainarrangement, relatively'to the sirup-cans or vessels, of an openingA oropenings in the back of the case, to provide for filling of said cans orvessels, in combination with a swinging or pendent, andautomaticallyclosing lid or door to such opening or openings.

Furthermore, the invention includes a novel construction of the,sirup-cans or vessels, and whereby, o u suitable pressure being applied,they are made to tilt or tip to discharge the sirupthrough their forwardends, which are of spout-like form, and afterward caused to adjustthemselves to their original or nondischargingv position; and in thisconnection the invention comprises a ii'ontlever-lilre extension to thesirupcans, constructed to form a guard to the tumbler, to prevent itswithdrawal from under the spout of the can, while the. latter isdischarging sirup, and which may serve as a means for tilting 'the can,said extension or guard preferably being oi an elastic-character, andoperating inA connection with a stationary tumblerguide below, and withstops to regulate the action of the can, as hereinafter explained.

Referring to the accompanying drawing- A represents the box or case,which contains the cooler B, that holds, the ice or frigoriiic mixture,and has a worm, C, arranged in its bottom, through which the soda-wateris passed from the fountain bya lower leg, a, and discharged, as drawn,by or through a front upper bend, b.

Connected with the bottom of the cooler, also, is the drain-pipe c, forrunning off water as formed in the cooler. l v

D is the top ofthe box or case, preferably tted on in a loose ordetachable mann r, andmade to form double lids (l c.

Arranged below the cooler B, within the vbox 0r` case A, is any suitablenumber of sirup-cans or ves- HPO- sels E, which are hung so asto rock ona cross-shaft, f, and preferably so that they may be lifted therefrom,and out of the box or case, whenA required.

These sirup-cans E are represented asof boat or trough-like form, and ofgreater weight or capacityat their ends, which lie back of thecross-shaft, and such heel or back portions of them formed withfilling-openings g at their top, while their portions which lie on.

the other' side of the supporting rock-shaft, and extend toward thefront of the case, are of a spout-like shape'.

These cans may be filled or replenished from time to time with sirups,through an opening made in the back portion of the case, arranged aboveand in rear of the open heel-portions of the'cans, and fitted with apendent or swinging door, F, that on being pressed inward, gives. accessl'to the filling-ends of the cans,

but that on being released again, swings to close said opening andexclude dust and'ies from the sirup.

The arrangement, however, ofthe sirup-cans below the cooler, and inproximity to it, forms, in itself, a protection against flies, and keepsthe sirup always cool, an'd,this without any additional cost, as regardsfrigorifid mixture, beyond what is requisite to cool the4 soda-water,the cooler B not being made any deeper than. necessary, and preferablysloping at its back to allow of the door F swinging, as described.

The bottom portion of the front of the case is also provided with a lidor door, G,that is turned up or opened, when working the apparatus, toallow of the introduction of a tumbler, H, or tumblers, up against atumbler-guide, I, that directs said tumblers to their proper positionfor reception of sirup from the cans, when the latter are depressed attheir forward-ends.

In their normal posit-ion, and when charged with sirups of differentkinds,tl1'e cans 'or vessels E occupy the position represented for themby full lines in fig. l, and may rest, at their heel-portions, on astop, It, Where they are retained by gravity, and prevented fromdischarging; but where any one of such cans is required to discharge aportion of its contents, according to the description ot' sirup needed,then said can is tilted or tipped, as represented by'dotted lines iniig. 2, the quantity so discharged intothe tumbler arranged below itbeing regulated by the degree of downward tip given to the forward endof the can'.

As a convenient means for'thus tilting or tipping the cans, each of themis or may be provided, at its front end, with a bent lever-likeextension, J, that may carry a label, i, indicating the description ofsirup or avoring-mixture contained inthe can, and on which the lingermay be pressed to tilt the can, that resumes its original position onsuch pressure being removed.

This extension-piece J, also, by vbeing bent downward, serves as a guardto prevent the tumbler from being Aremoved while the can'remains in adischargingposit-ion, and being ot an elastic character, it isrestrained iiom breaking or injuring the tumbler, if' brought downsharply or heavily against it; also protec'ts the sirnp-cans or vessels,when made of glass,

from being broken by contact with the tumblers.

Saidguard may also serve as a spring to break shock, by striking theupper portion ofthe front of the case, at lr, when the can is allowed toswing back to its original position; and furthermore, it operates, whenthe can is depressed, to prevent spilting out of the'srup beyond thetumbler.

An apparatus thus constructed or provided, aords many facilities andforms a rapid means for supplying sirups to soda-unter on draught.

What- .is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. 'lhe arrangement, in a soda-water apparatus, ot' the cooler B, thecooling-worm C, and the Sirup-cans or vessels, entirely below thecooler, and within the box or case containing the latter, substantiallyas specified,

f2.V The arrangement of the door F, in the case A of a soda-waterapparatus, with relation to the Sirupcans or vessels E, and hung `toopen inward over the filling-ends of said cans, as shown and described.

3. The sirup-cans or vessels, constructed of a. boat or trough-likeform, having openings at their tops in the rear, but ot' spout-shape infront, and hung so as to rock or tilt on suitable pressure beingapplied, with freedom to adjust themselves on such pressure beingremoved, essentially as herein set forth.

4. The combination, with the tilting Sirup-cans or vessels, oftumblerguards J, connected with or carried by said cans in iront,substantially as and for the purpose or purposes herein set forth.

5. The combination of the stationary tumbler-guide I with thetumbler-guards J, for adjusting and holding the tumbler-s in placebeneath the delivery-ends of the Sirup-cans or vessels, essentially asspecitied.

JOHN MATTHEWS, JR.'

Witnesses FRED. HAYNEs, M. J. SHANLYs.

